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Lloyd Honeyghan
("Ragamuffin Man")

BORN   April 22 1960; St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
HEIGHT 5-8 1/2
WEIGHT 141-159 lbs
MANAGER Mickey Duff

Honeyghan was a talented battler who lost just five contests in his career; A splendid fighter with a solid punch, Lloyd won the WBC Welterweight Championship of the World, the WBA Welterweight Championship of the World, the IBF Welterweight Championship of the World, the EBU Welterweight Championship of Europe, the Light Middleweight Championship of the British Commonwealth (Empire), the Welterweight Championship of the British Commonwealth (Empire), the BBBC Light Middleweight Championship of Great Britain, the BBBC Welterweight Championship of Great Britain and the BBBC Welterweight Championship of the Southern Area during his career

He defeated such men as Gianfranco Rosi, Donald Curry, Maurice Blocker, Gene Hatcher, Johnny Bumphus, Harold Brazier, Cliff Gilpin, Danny Paul, Sylvester Mittee, Horace Shufford, Jorge Vaca, Yung-Kil Chung, Lloyd Hibbert, Roger Stafford, Sid Smith, John Welters, Mickey Hughes and Darryl Anthony

1980
Dec  8 Mike Sullivan               London, Eng                     KO  5

1981
Jan 20 Dai Davies                  London, Eng                     TK  5
Feb 10 Dave Sullivan               London, Eng                      W  6
Nov 16 Dave Finigan                London, Eng                     TK  1
Nov 23 Alan Cooper                 London, Eng                     TK  4
          -Some sources report 11/24/81

1982
Jan 25 Dave Finigan                London, Eng                     KO  2
Feb  9 Granville Allen             London, Eng                     TK  5
Mar  2 Tommy McCallum              London, Eng                      W  6
          -Some sources report 3/08/82
Mar 15 Derek MacKenzie             London, Eng                     TK  6
Mar 23 Dave Sullivan               London, Eng                     TK  3
May 18 Kostos Petrou               London, Eng                      W  8
Sep 22 Ian "Kid" Murray            London, Eng                     TK  3
Nov 22 Frank McCord                London, Eng                     KO  1

1983
Jan 18 Lloyd Hibbert               London, Eng                      W 10
Mar  1 Sid Smith                   London, Eng                     KO  4
          -BBBC Welterweight Championship of the Southern Area
Apr  5 Cliff Gilpin                London, Eng                      W 12
          -BBBC Welterweight Championship of Great Britain
Jul  9 Kevin Austin                Chicago, Il                     TK 10
Oct 24 Harold Brazier              London, Eng                      W 10
Dec  6 Cliff Gilpin                London, Eng                      W 12
          -BBBC Welterweight Championship of Great Britain

1984
Jun  5 Roberto Menez               London, Eng                      W  8

1985
Jan  5 Gianfranco Rosi             Perugia, It                     KO  3
          -EBU Welterweight Championship of Europe
Feb 12 R.W. Smith                  London, Eng                     TK  6
Mar  6 Roger Stafford              London, Eng                     TK  9
Aug 30 Danny Paul                  Atlantic City, NJ                W 10
Oct  1 Ralph Twinning              London, Eng                     TK  4
Nov 27 Sylvester Mittee            London, Eng                     TK  8
          -EBU Welterweight Championship of Europe;
          Welterweight Championship of the British Commonwealth (Empire);
          BBBC Welterweight Championship of Great Britain

1986
May 20 Horace Shufford             London, Eng                     TK  8
Sep 27 Donald Curry                Atlantic City, NJ               TK  6
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Welterweight Championship of the World;
          Some sources report "KO 7"

          -Honeyghan relinquished the WBA Welterweight Championship of the World

1987
Feb 22 Johnny Bumphus              London, Eng                     TK  2
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Apr 18 Maurice Blocker             London, Eng                      W 12
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Aug 30 Gene Hatcher                Marbella, Spa                   KO  1
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Oct 28 Jorge Vaca                  London, Eng                     TL  8
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World

1988
Mar 29 Jorge Vaca                  London, Eng                     KO  3
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World
Jul 29 Yung-Kil Chung              Atlantic City, NJ               TK  5
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World

1989
Feb  4 Marlon Starling             Las Vegas, Nv                   LT  9
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World
Aug 24 Delfino Marin               Tampa, Fl                        W 10

1990
Mar  3 Mark Breland                London, Eng                     LT  3
          -WBA Welterweight Championship of the World

1991
Jan 10 Mario Olmedo                Wandsworth, Eng                 TK  4
Feb 12 John Welters                Basildon, Eng                   KO  1
May  8 Darryl Anthony              London, Eng                     KO  2

1992
Apr 22 Alfredo Ramirez             London, Eng                      W  8
May 13 Mickey Duncan               London, Eng                     KO  2
Oct 28 Carlo Colarusso             London, Eng                     KO  6

1993
Jan 30 Mickey Hughes               Brentwood, Eng                  TK  5
          -Light Middleweight Championship of the British Commonwealth (Empire)
Jun 26 Vinnie Pazienza             Atlantic City, NJ               LT 10
Nov  2 Steve Goodwin               London, Eng                     KO  6

1994
Feb 26 Kevin Adamson               London, Eng                     TK  6
          -Light Middleweight Championship of the British Commonwealth (Empire);
          BBBC Light Middleweight Championship of Great Britain

1995
Feb 25 Adrian Dodson               London, Eng                     LK  3

Apr    -Honeyghan announced his retirement from the ring


*** Assistance Provided By Seth Callis ***
 

Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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